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I'm very excited about this new project here at Richard Woodcock Education Center.

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We're going to be installing 481 solar panels on the roof of this building,

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which will be one of the biggest solar panel projects in town.

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We received all of the solar panels in one shipment.

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We had a semi truck deliver them to campus 

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and they're being stored in a conics box,

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and it's keeping them safe while we are preparing to install them on the roof.

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Each solar panel is about three to six, three by six feet.

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Each panel supplies the building with 330 watts of power,

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and that equates to approximately

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twelve to thirteen thousand dollars in savings each year.

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So the first thing you're going to see is the racks go up, and the racks support all the solar panels.

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After the racks are installed, you're going to see solar panels go up

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all throughout the length of this side and the other side.

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So they're going to face south to get maximum exposure from the sun.

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My role is to manage, you know, the project from beginning to end

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making sure all the contractors are scheduled,

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making sure it's going to be on time and on budget.

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There are a lot of challenges. We need to keep the safety of everybody in mind at all times.

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The safety of the students, staff

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and the contract workers that will be installing the solar panels.

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They need to be tied up. They need to be wearing protective equipment at all times.

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And communication with the building staff and faculty is very important.

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I think what this means for the future of Western Oregon University

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is that it will open the doors to similar sustainable projects in the future.

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The projected completion date is December thirty first of this year.

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